The decision on the part of students regarding what language to take often depends on the tradition of good teaching that has been established in a school. Three factors have been involved in establishing such a tradition in Russian at Princeton High School in Columbus, Ohio. These are: (1) accepting the students who sign up for Russian as they are, teaching them the language and culture, and assuring a meaningful and enjoyable experience; (2) developing a program in which the language can actually be learned; and (3) developing a methodology according to a set of criteria that are acceptable to today's students. The course starts with a 4 to 5 month program in Russian readiness with teacher-constructed materials. This phase is followed by a 3-year program using "Russian for Everybody," from the Pushkin Language Institute, Moscow University, which is supplemented by teacher-constructed materials, and followed by other texts and reading materials. The goal of the program is active mastery of 2,500-3,000 words and a passive vocabulary of 3,500-4,000 words, as well as a genuine liking for the Russian language and the people who speak it. In the classroom situation, the student is the center of attention and the teacher, a facilitator. The methodology might be termed an "audiolingual," and "audiolingual-visual-situational-cultural" methodology. (AMH)